Contents include: Zarah Hussain finds unity in pattern. Bill Drummond twins towns through kettle exchange. Paul Glinkowski looks at art born out of conflict with work by John Keane and Frauke Eigen. Focus on Frieze Art Fair and satellite events […]
Paul Glinkowski looks at the experiences of John Keane and Frauke Eigen, artists who have worked in war-torn locations outside of official state sponsored programmes, and talks to Dominic Nutt of Christian Aid who worked with Keane in Israel and Palestine.
We’ll also be setting out our wares later this month at the Frieze Art Fair in Regents Park, London. Visit our stand to catch up with the latest developments from the NAN initiative and to learn more about how a-n […]
Visitors to this month’s On The Wall art fair at London’s Olympia Grand Hall can catch up with a-n staff and get a free demonstration of the new Artist’s Toolkits. Our comfy-sofa-space is located at stand A99 opposite those of […]
In collaboration with Proboscis, a creative studio that researches, develops and facilitates innovation, Deborah Smith’s latest curatorial project ‘Navigating History’ presents a series of research archives in libraries in Sussex and Kent. Each of the commissions focuses on rich and […]
Esther.s (aka Esther Salamon, Chair of a-n’s Board) has created a work for presentation at Platform 0000004, taking place 21 October at The Cluny, in Newcastle. Road Map _ One Way involves a composer/musician and three performers in an intimate […]
In October, we’re saying farewell to Ilana Mitchell, who has until now been juggling her work as a member of the Communications and Sales team with furthering her career as an artist, and coordinating Platform00000004. Whilst we’re sad to lose […]
International fairs are a great opportunity for researching galleries and making contacts, here is a selection of just some of the 150 showing at this year’s Frieze Art Fair.
As the international art world’s attention turns to London, Eliza Patten previews Frieze Art Fair and some of the events taking place alongside it.
Artist Bill Drummond is twinning Kensington in Liverpool with Kensington in London – through kettles.
The 2004 BOC Emerging Artist Award, worth £20,000 has been won by Mauro Bonacina, a recent MA graduate of London’s Goldsmiths College. Judges were Roy Exley (critic, curator and lecturer), Karen Wright (Modern Painters), Sarah Kent (Time Out), Charlotte Heavey […]
Rod McIntosh gives a rundown on this new art fair and talks to the winners of the Signpost competition star prize.
London-based artists’ initiative Cell Project Space has relocated from Dalston to Cambridge Heath Road, supported by a capital grant from Arts Council England to refurbish the gallery and provide new office space and outdoor facilities for future projects. The first […]
Timandra Gustafson has been appointed Executive Director at Visual Associations. She brings a wealth of experience gained during her previous roles, including Head of Visual Arts for Northern Arts. “My role will be to build on what has already been […]
While commercial representation is far from the ‘be all and end all’ of a successful visual arts practice, the glossy veneer of events like Frieze Art Fair can make it feel like it is. Two new events in London this […]
A commission by leading letter designer Tom Perkins has recently been installed in the Crafts Council foyer, courtesy of this organisation’s patrons. Launched in February 2004, the Crafts Council Patrons scheme is designed to encourage financial support from individual donors. […]
Anna Sanders is a prolific filmmaker that never was. She’s an umbrella that conceals a fluidly dynamic film collective that transcends the confines of artform in order “to elude representation and replace it with presentation… to create a piece of […]
The shortlist for the Pearl Awards – the UK’s first ever awards created to recognise and celebrate the achievements of the Chinese community in Britain – was announced in July, with winners due to be named on 22 September. A […]
New Art Gallery Walsall 30 July
ART.e @ The Art of Change was commissioned by Groundwork East London to create an artwork at Hackney Marshes, in relation to the Daubany pedestrian bridge over the canal, linking the housing estate to the marshes. Entitled Water Jugglers, the […]
Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London 13 August
Commissions East has launched a new professional development scheme. Funded by Arts Council England, East and the European Social Fund. It includes ten new mentoring relationships for artists in East England, with Jordan Baseman, Jane Wildgoose, Louise K Wilson, Eddie […]
Firstsite, Colchester
31 July – 4 September 2004
Increased speculation and worry is mounting in the arts in Wales that more cultural quangos will be brought under the direct control of the Welsh Assembly following the announcement that three of the biggest are to be scrapped. First Minister […]
Belfast Exposed, Belfast
13 August – 24 September
